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Announcing Kustomize Support

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Raftt now supports Kustomize! So you can reuse existing Kustomize definitions to spawn fully featured dev environments. Read on to learn more...

A Panic in BuildKit: an Open Source Journey

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While investigating docker image build times using OpenTelemetry tracing, we encountered a panic, and ended up fixing a bug in open source buildkit!

M1/M2 Macbooks - Pains and Frustrations

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Using ARM Macbooks as development machines introduces new challenges. Read on for a longer discussion and how Raftt can help.

Why the Local Dev-Env Needs to [Finally] Disappear

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Local dev environments are everywhere, but they come with extensive challenges and shortcomings. Rad on for a in-depth discussion of these, and potential solutions

Containerized Development for Open Source Made Easy (and Free)!

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We love developers of all shapes and kinds, and especially appreciate open source contributors. We are thrilled to introduce the Raftt open cluster for all of your open seource development needs!

Ephemeral Environments - a Powerful Tool for Efficient R&D

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Ephemeral environments are a powerful tool for driving efficiency across R&D. Benefits abound, but so do implementation complexities. Read this post for a primer…

Our First International Conference - KubeCon NA 2022

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5 weeks ago we flew out from Israel to participate in KubeCon NA 2022. Read on to experience the conference through our eyes…

Helm and K8s Manifest Support

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Want to use your existing Helm charts or K8s manifests as part of the Raftt env definition? The new `.raftt` file allows you to do just that and much more!

Mono vs Multi Repos - Pick Your Poison

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Which repository architecture is better? Monorepo or multirepo? Is there even one definite answer? We will compare these two approaches for repository structure. It will start with the monorepo challenges and then look at those of multirepos. So, if you want to know the right approach for your project, read on!

Minimizing Data Loss by Simplifying Complex Migrations

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If you’ve ever designed a database schema, you must know the pain involved in introducing any changes to it down the road

Inside Container Debugging with GO

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When working locally, all you have to do is click Debug, and everything works like magic. It's a whole different story when dealing with a remote environment or running inside containers.

How To Use Low-Level OS Tools To Solve A High-Level Configuration Problem

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Debug 01: The Customer’s Case of the [exit] Looping Yarn

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